Improved clothes-wringing machine



C@ I l @WO @um w l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REUBEN G. HOLMES, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

" IMPROVED CLOTHES-WRINGING MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,814, dated September 8, 1663; antedated Apri 2o, 1863.

'.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN G. HOLMES, of the city of Worcester, county ot' Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Clothes- Wringing Machines; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying' drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

To enable others skilled in the art to maire and use my inventiomlwill proceed to describe its construction-and operation.

The letters A A represent two posts of the machine.

The letter B represents a top piece holding the posts firmly.

Letter C represents an iron shaft, which passes through the lower roller.

Letter E represents a crank attached firmly to the shaft O.

F represents the lower or stationary roller, and the letter G 'the upper or adjustable roller. M

The letters H H representtwo boxes, one at each endof roller G.

VThe letter I represents a cross-bar or follower, resting at each end of the machine on the boxes H H.

The letter J represents an india-rubber spring in the center and between the follower l and the lower spring,K.

The gures K and L represent two springs, placed horizontally one above. the other, and 4 arranged in such a manner as to apply the pressure of the springs K and L to the boxes H H, through the middle of thelength bar I.

The letter N represents a screw placed in the center of the top piece B, extending' down to the topofs'pring L, and by means of which the pressure on the springs is adjusted and regulated.

I do not claim separately any of the abovedescribed parts as herein shown irrespective of their particular application and arrange'- ment herein shown; but

What I do claim as my invention, and for which I desire to secureLetters Patent, is

The arrangement of the springs K and L, so arranged as to bear upon the center of the bar I, thereby producing a greater and more equal pressure.

THOs. H. THOMPSON, WM. GREENLEAF. 

